Note the time.
We just finished a cake.
Ugh.
Off to bed.
Saturday, January 5, 2008
Friday, January 4, 2008
my own disconnect
So I'm taking a break from working on a big cake because all the work requires tilting my head down, which is making me dizzy today (see previous post on Benign Positional Paroxysmal Vertigo). Which is to say, this has started effecting my ability to work and earn money. And only now have I begun to think that maybe seeing a doctor could be a good move.
Of course, I'm not going to. I'm on some minimal health care plan - because I'm between jobs - and don't want to get substandard care on a condition that will then become a pre-existing condition once I DO get employment.
Meanwhile...
Yesterday I was taking a survey on the candidates, and one of the questions was about healthcare. I was asked how much the issue mattered to me; "Very important, Somewhat important, or Not important".
The disconnect between my own situation and national politics was revealed by the fact that I initially said Somewhat important. How much more important could healthcare reform be for someone like me??
Damn. Some days I feel like a very low watt lightbulb.
Of course, I'm not going to. I'm on some minimal health care plan - because I'm between jobs - and don't want to get substandard care on a condition that will then become a pre-existing condition once I DO get employment.
Meanwhile...
Yesterday I was taking a survey on the candidates, and one of the questions was about healthcare. I was asked how much the issue mattered to me; "Very important, Somewhat important, or Not important".
The disconnect between my own situation and national politics was revealed by the fact that I initially said Somewhat important. How much more important could healthcare reform be for someone like me??
Damn. Some days I feel like a very low watt lightbulb.
Thursday, January 3, 2008
totally hooky little song
disclaimers
1. The description below includes a spoiler about the game Portal.
2. I embrace my inner geek and make no apologies for her.
Backstory: You have navigated a series of near-fatal experiments - including hazards such as rockets, toxic slime, and neurotoxic gasses - partly in promise of a cake reward. In the process, you destroyed the company(Aperture Science)'s main computer that was behind it all. Oh yeah, and you also died. But the computer sings you a little song about the whole experience, and is surprisingly good natured about all the destruction. So that's something. It's not cake, but it's something.
1. The description below includes a spoiler about the game Portal.
2. I embrace my inner geek and make no apologies for her.
Backstory: You have navigated a series of near-fatal experiments - including hazards such as rockets, toxic slime, and neurotoxic gasses - partly in promise of a cake reward. In the process, you destroyed the company(Aperture Science)'s main computer that was behind it all. Oh yeah, and you also died. But the computer sings you a little song about the whole experience, and is surprisingly good natured about all the destruction. So that's something. It's not cake, but it's something.
Hens on my mind
Ok, for reasons totally related to work - really - I came across an entertaining blog about chickens.
Yep. Chickens.
Yep. Chickens.
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Happy New Year..... where to start?
First, congratulations to all of you who've made it to 2008. It was not an easy year for many of us, and here's hoping that the challenges of the last year have well prepared us to laugh at the challenges of the next.
Second, great gratitude to Jeannie and Aaron for the perfect night in.
Finally, (don't worry, there'll be more. Afterall, it's just the 1st day of the year...) 2007 taught me that if you get the chance to do any of the following, I would generally recommend it:
* watch "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians". A very earnest cult-classic with a crazy-memorable theme song.
* Drink a really good, really expensive bottle of wine
* spend an evening with only natural light (candles, fire, so on)
* ask someone to tell you a story/something that you don't know about him/her
* go to Akumal, Mexico and eat yourself silly
* visit family when they need you. For my part, most the time I probably wasn't able to actually do anything, but I'm hoping they'll remember I was there.
* try Amish food
* start a new business with the blind optimism and reckless confidence that made this nation('s credit card companies' profits) great.
Grateful to have made it to 2008,
Z
Second, great gratitude to Jeannie and Aaron for the perfect night in.
Finally, (don't worry, there'll be more. Afterall, it's just the 1st day of the year...) 2007 taught me that if you get the chance to do any of the following, I would generally recommend it:
* watch "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians". A very earnest cult-classic with a crazy-memorable theme song.
* Drink a really good, really expensive bottle of wine
* spend an evening with only natural light (candles, fire, so on)
* ask someone to tell you a story/something that you don't know about him/her
* go to Akumal, Mexico and eat yourself silly
* visit family when they need you. For my part, most the time I probably wasn't able to actually do anything, but I'm hoping they'll remember I was there.
* try Amish food
* start a new business with the blind optimism and reckless confidence that made this nation('s credit card companies' profits) great.
Grateful to have made it to 2008,
Z
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